Patents Examined by Brandi N Thomas
  • Patent number: 11868020
    Abstract: An electrophoretic medium comprises a fluid and first, second, third and fourth types of particles (W, Y, R, B) having four different colors. The first and third particles have charges of one polarity and the second and fourth particles charges of the opposite polarity; the first particles have a greater zeta potential or electrophoretic mobility than the third particles, and the second particles a greater zeta potential or electrophoretic mobility than the fourth particles. One particle is white (W), one non-white particle (B) is partially light-transmissive, and the remaining two non-white particles (R, Y) are light-reflective. A third light-reflective particle (G) may be added to create a five particle medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: E INK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaolong Zheng, Craig Lin
  • Patent number: 11860501
    Abstract: An optical switch includes a plurality of micro-grooves, a micro-fluid disposed in each micro-groove of the plurality of micro-grooves, and a driving electrode disposed corresponding to the micro-fluid in each micro-groove. The driving electrode is configured to provide a voltage to a corresponding micro-fluid to control light transmittance of a region where the micro-fluid is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xianqin Meng, Xiandong Meng, Wei Wang, Xiaochuan Chen
  • Patent number: 11852949
    Abstract: A hybrid lens is disclosed including optically coupled varifocal lens and adaptive lens. The varifocal lens is configured for varying optical power of the hybrid lens, and an adaptive lens includes a voltage-controlled element for varying optical power of the adaptive lens in coordination with varying the optical power of the varifocal lens and responsive to variation of the optical power of the hybrid lens, for lessening an optical aberration of the hybrid lens. The hybrid lens may be used in head-mounted displays e.g. for lessening a vergence-accommodation conflict.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Lu Lu, Wai Sze Tiffany Lam, Yusufu Njoni Bamaxam Sulai
  • Patent number: 11851582
    Abstract: Subwavelength conducting particles can be arranged on conducting surfaces to provide arbitrary thermal emissivity spectra. For example, a thermal emissivity spectrum can be tailored to suppress a thermal signature of an object without sacrificing radiative cooling efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Gleb M. Akselrod, Erik Edward Josberger, Mark C. Weidman
  • Patent number: 11846838
    Abstract: A light attenuator comprises a cell comprising a first substrate and a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate. A layer between the substrates contains an electrophoretic ink, a surface of the layer adjacent the second substrate comprising a monolayer of closely packed protrusions projecting into the layer. The protrusions have surfaces defining a plurality of depressions in the volumes there between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventor: Donal O'Keeffe
  • Patent number: 11846861
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a method of rendering an image on a reflective display wherein each pixel is capable of rendering a limited number of colors, each of which is rendered by predetermined set of waveforms stored in a waveform lookup table. Furthermore, the present invention provides for a method for rendering an image using such colors, having been chosen for optimal color rendition. This invention further provides for rendering a color image formed from a plurality of pixels on a reflective display wherein each pixel has a color selected from the group consisting of at least: red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, yellow, black and white.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Alain Bouchard, Stephen J. Telfer
  • Patent number: 11835787
    Abstract: One embodiment comprises: a housing; a bobbin, which is arranged inside the housing and is for mounting a lens; first coils arranged around the outer peripheral surface of the bobbin; a first magnet arranged in the housing; a second magnet arranged at the bobbin and spaced from the first coils; and a first position sensor arranged in the housing and sensing the intensity of a magnetic field of the second magnet, wherein the length of the second magnet in the direction of an optical axis is shorter than the length of thereof in the direction perpendicular to the direction of the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Wook Son, Sang Ok Park
  • Patent number: 11826101
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a scene camera system including a scene camera that includes a lens and may detect light reflected off an exterior of an eye into the lens and send a signal corresponding to the detected light to a processor. The system further includes a main camera that may detect light reflected off an interior structure of the eye and send a signal corresponding to the detected light to the processor. The system also includes an image processing system including the processor that executes instructions to produce a scene camera digital image of the eye and a main camera digital image of the eye. The system further includes a multiple picture-in-picture display that displays the scene camera digital image of the eye and the main camera digital image of the eye concurrently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventor: Steven T. Charles
  • Patent number: 11828987
    Abstract: Systems and methods for adjusting a distance of an optical fiber end to a lens assembly are provided. Methods include adjusting a movement of an inner barrel in just one axis while preventing the inner barrel from spinning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: KLA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Edgardo H. Engracia, Jr., Ariel Faynerman, Robert Cosmas
  • Patent number: 11826158
    Abstract: A system and associated method for computerized rotational head impulse test (crHIT) to assess the semicircular canals of the human vestibular system clinically in patients with balance disorders. The system utilizes a rotary chair combined with a head mounted VOG system with head tracking sensors. The crHIT protocol uses the same physiologic principles as the known video head impulse test (vHIT). The crHIT utilizes whole-body rotation via the chair to yield a persistent controlled, repeatable, comfortable, reliable stimulus can be delivered while recording eye movements with video-oculogaphy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: NEURO KINETICS, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander D Kiderman, Ian A Shirey, Joseph M Furman
  • Patent number: 11829047
    Abstract: Methods of making a top-plane connection in an electro-optic device and devices including such connections. A through hole is created through a rear substrate to provide a connection between a conductor coupled to the rear substrate and a light-transmissive conductive layer coupled to a top transparent substrate. The hole is subsequently filled with a top-plane connection material that provides an electrical connection between the conductor and the light-transmissive conductive layer, but does not provide an electrical connection between a separate rear conductive layer and the light-transmissive conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: George G. Harris, Richard J. Paolini, Jr., Matthew Joseph Kayal
  • Patent number: 11819273
    Abstract: An augmented reality and extended reality surgical system. The system may comprise a wearable device, such as a head mounted display or glasses, that provides the user with virtual reality, augmented reality, and/or mixed reality for surgery visualization. This may allow the user to access 2D or 3D imaging, magnification, virtual visualization, six-degrees of freedom (6DoF) image management, and/or other images while still viewing real reality and thus maintaining a presence in the operating room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Raytrx, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Hayes Freeman, Mitchael C. Freeman, Jordan Boss, Brian Santee, David Cary
  • Patent number: 11822203
    Abstract: A display panel and control methods thereof are provided. In one example, the display panel includes, a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other, and a solution encapsulated between the first substrate and the second substrate. In some examples, the solution includes opaque charged particles. In some examples, the first substrate includes a first electrode, the first electrode including a plurality of discrete sub-electrodes, and the second substrate includes a second electrode. Further, the control method may include adjusting an electric field between each of the plurality of discrete sub-electrodes and the second electrode, causing the opaque charged particles to undergo a gathering motion or a scattering motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qingqing Ma, Shuo Li, Chao Tian, Zhe Wang, Xiang Yuan, Wenyuan Xi, Yinan Gao, Rui Xu, Min Wang, Fang Zhang, Qidong Sun, Shaoru Zhang
  • Patent number: 11813022
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus of an exemplary aspect performs the first and second OCT scans on a subject's eye. The first OCT scan is performed on the first region including the first site of the subject's eye, and the second OCT scan is performed on the second region including the second site. The ophthalmic apparatus acquires the first deviation information of the subject's eye prior to the first OCT scan and performs alignment, and also acquires the second deviation information of the subject's eye prior to the second OCT scan and performs alignment. The ophthalmic apparatus calculates the distance between the first site and the second site based on the first data acquired through the first OCT scan and second data acquired through the second OCT scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasufumi Fukuma, Takefumi Hayashi, Yoko Tatara
  • Patent number: 11809055
    Abstract: The present disclosure is in the field of an electrophoretic device for switching between a transparent and non-transparent mode, comprising a fluid and particles, electrodes for moving said particles, and comprising various further elements, as well as uses thereof, in particular as a window blind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: ELSTAR DYNAMICS PATENTS B.V.
    Inventor: Romaric Mathieu Massard
  • Patent number: 11806078
    Abstract: A spectacles-mounted ophthalmic monitoring system may include a spectacles frame comprising a left rim and a right rim, an image sensor coupled with the spectacles frame to capture images of a field of view of an eye, and a processor. The processor may be configured to activate the image sensor to capture an image of the field of view, and identify a height of a tear film meniscus within the field of view of one or more images within the series of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Globe Biomedical, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Park, Rehan Ahmed, Douglas Suitt
  • Patent number: 11809057
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for pressure-sensitive, electrophoretic displays, which may optionally include haptic feedback. A display may comprise a first conductive layer having a pressure-sensitive conductivity and an electrophoretic layer positioned adjacent to the first conductive layer, wherein the electrophoretic layer is in electrical communication with the first conductive layer and is configured to locally change state based on a pressure applied to the first conductive layer. Local and global writing and erasing of the display can also be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Sunil Krishna Sainis, Seth J. Bishop, Kosta Ladavac, Stephen J. Telfer, Richard J. Paolini, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11799187
    Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus is described that includes a transparent pane having a first surface and a second surface. An electrochromic device is arranged over the second surface that includes a first conductive layer adjacent the second surface, a second conductive layer, and an electrochromic layer between the first and the second conductive layers. The apparatus further includes at least one conductive antenna structure arranged over the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Dhairya Shrivastava, Stephen Clark Brown
  • Patent number: 11793265
    Abstract: An article with a color change portion and a method of changing color. The article includes at least one color change portion capable of changing colors. The color change portion includes composite material including a photonic lattice. The color change portion can change colors according to one or more performance parameters. The article can be connected to a computer and the color change portion can be controlled using the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharna M. Donovan, Sean D. Hartford, Vikram Malhotra, Michelle L. Mishler, James Molyneux, Andrew A. Owings, Aaron B. Weast, Bradley W. Wilkins
  • Patent number: 11786118
    Abstract: In an ophthalmic imaging system an image imaged by an imaging section for a right eye is formed as an imaging image on a display, and then displayed through a right-eye optical unit and a reflection member. An image imaged by an imaging section for a left eye is formed as an imaging image on a display, and then displayed through an optical unit and the reflection member. This thereby enables the object to be visually inspected as a three-dimensional image by the observer viewing the right-eye imaging image and the left-eye imaging image, which differ from each other according to the parallax therebetween, by viewing the respective images through right and left eyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kawasaki, Masahiro Mizuta, Ryoichi Sataka, Toshiyuki Namikawa